The group of people entered the Temple Grounds, Enju set Kikyo down, and let the priestess walk on her own. Kikyo shown her friends every inch of the temple, the gardens, the main temple, stillroom, Harry wrinkled his nose at the odors from that room, while Hermione was amazed.

"Even Madam Pomfrey doesn't have this much in medicinal herbs or potions." Hermione states, as she watched a few of the novices tend the herb gardens.

"Yes, each one that comes here learns the basics of our faith and ends up finding their own place among them, we strive to house all four souls within our being. Aramitama- Courage, Nigimitama-Friendship, Kushimitama- Wisdom, and Sakimitama-Love. When all four of the souls are in one human, that soul can be used for good or evil." Kikyo explains, "Priestess Midoriko was one such soul, and her soul now resides in me, along with a fragment of Priestess Kikyo's soul that was stolen by a demonic witch."

after a dinner of bread and beef stew, which Kikyo didn't eat, She shown both of them the sleeping quarters, Hermione was going to stay in Kikyo's room, while Harry was on the male side of the sleeping quarters.

Hermione was busy reading one of Kikyo's personal scrolls, when the priestess stood up.

"Kikyo?" Hermione questions

"I have a strange sense, I must meditate to figure out what it means." Kikyo replies, "Forgive me." she left and went to the room reserved for such purpose. She sunk down in a trance to find out what was causing the strange sensitizations.

-vision-

"I always know my fate was to die in protecting you."

"Well I'm changing fate, Kikyo and for once, you can't stop me."

"I carried out my scared duty, I have nothing more to do on earth."

"Potter, for once in your life do what Kikyo wants." Draco states, kneeling down at his friend's side.

"Then now you can live for yourself and have the life, you should have had." Harry replies, "Draco, I've always done what she wanted now its her turn to do what I want, Damn it."

Kikyo coughed. "You have no need of me. My atonement was to keep you alive and there have nothing left for me to do. I just want my rest."

"You can rest and still live, Damn Kikyo. Haven't I lost enough already? I don't want to lose my best friend even my sister in all but blood."

"I have told you before I am not your sister, I do not want to live in a world where I will be used for my power." Kikyo replies, she reached and pulled down her top, where her birthmark showed was open and bleeding. "Fate cannot be changed, I was always meant to die but to do so by the same wounds Naraku gave me centuries ago. Burn the elder wand with my body, I shall take it with me to the afterlife."

"All her life, she has been protecting you, why would you force her to stay when she will not be happy? Pretty selfish." Shippo states baring his own injuries but they were slowly healing.

"But Uncle Shippo, she..." Harry begins to cry and howl.

Kikyo reached out for Harry's hand. "I have no regrets. I have lived and yet, I haven't."

"No, Kikyo. You were supposed to meet my children and tell them, the stories about how I was growing up." he pulls her to him and hugs her tight.

"In my room at the temple, you will find all that. For a second time, I die in the arms of someone, I can't have." Kikyo replies as she closes her eyes for the last time.

Harry felt Kikyo's life leave her body. "No, No. Kikyo!" his heart broke, he cried as his aura flew wide and knocked everyone over.

Shippo grabbed Harry and held him, using his own aura to calm Harry's.

"Shippo, why, why had she had to..she was my friend, my sister."

He cried more holding the fox close to him.

"Because she was meant to...she is finally at peace with herself. If you forced her to live, would she be happy knowing you were married to someone else, while she couldn't be normal?" Shippo questions

"But she was with Adrian and Draco."

"She never chose us, she was in love with someone else." Draco replies, looking at the body of the woman, who he loved, who didn't love him back.

Shippo struggled more with Harry's crying than his aura as he began to pound on the fox's chest in grief.

Kikyo's eyes flew open as the vision was still fresh in her mind, she looked at the claw marks on her pale skin, she knew that she wouldn't die for a long time, "Once the red thread of fate is tangled, there is no undoing them." she stayed in the room, until morning.